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Birth-Control Rule Debate Intensifying

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Gerald F. Seib

Updated March 16, 2012 1:53 p.m. ET

New polling data are sparking a vigorous debate over whether an Obama administration rule requiring employers to offer free birth control is a political winner for the White House, particularly among women, as many Democrats have assumed.

Two new surveys, one by The Wall Street Journal/NBC News and the other by the New York Times/CBS News, show overall opposition to the rule's requirement that religious institutions offer contraceptive drugs free of charge. The Journal/NBC survey—conducted by Republican pollster Bill...

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New polling data are sparking a vigorous debate over whether an Obama administration rule requiring employers to offer free birth control is a political winner for the White House, particularly among women. Jerry Seib has details on Lunch Break.